Archdiocese of Nagasaki

Auxiliary Bishop Peter Michiaki Nakamura

Auxiliary Bishop Peter Michiaki Nakamura

Catholic Center,
10-34 Ueno-machi,
Nagasaki-shi, 852-8113, Japan

Phone: (095)842-4450
Fax :842-4460
Email: [email protected]

Pope Francis appointed Father Peter Michiaki Nakamura as auxiliary bishop of the archdiocese of Nagasaki, assigning him the titular see of Fessei.

Bishop Peter Michiaki was born on March 21, 1962, in Saikai-city, Nagasaki prefecture. He was a student at the Nagasaki Minor Seminary. He studied philosophy and theology at San Sulpizio Major Seminary in Fukuoka. He obtained a licentiate in moral theology at the Alfonsiana Academy in Rome (1994). He was ordained priest on March 19, 1988, for the archdiocese of Nagasaki.

Since his priestly ordination he has held the following roles: Formator in the Minor Seminary of the archdiocese of Nagasaki (1988-1989); Vicar in the parish of Nakamachi (1989-1991); formator in the Minor Seminary of the archdiocese of Nagasaki (1994-1999); vicar in the Cathedral of Urakami (1999-2002); Parish priest of Togitsu (2002-2005); formator in the Major Seminary in Fukuoka (2005-2007); parish priest of Uematsu (2007-2014); professor of moral theology at the Major Seminaries of Fukuoka and Tokyo.